All images Courtesy the artist and Matèria, Roma
Photography, video, sound, drawing and painting can all be found and often blend within his work. As a keen observer of the contemporary artistic landscape, De Mattia’s work often touches upon structural issues tied to the economy of the arts, articulated through a dialogue between irony, satire and poignant critique.
Anguria, Faenza, 2019, engobe on terracotta, pure pigment on ceramic, 35x26x27 cm.
Photo: Roberto Apa
Frutta e verdura, Roma, 2019, luce a neon/neon installation, 160x16 cm.
Photo: Roberto Apa
Esposizione di frutta e verdura, 2019, exhibition view, Matèria.
Photo: Roberto Apa
Lavoretto, 2022
exhibition view, Toast Project Space, Firenze.
Courtesy the artist and Matèria, Roma.
Photo: Leonardo Morfini
Tre forme semplici, autonome e rotanti, 2021
exhibition view Narrazioni brevi, LABS Contemporary Art, Bologna.
Courtesy the artist and LABS Contemporary Art, Bologna.
Photo: Carlo Favero
Volevo far vedere che il mestiere d’artista andava bene, invece è falso.
inkjet print on sailing fabric, variable dimensions.
Ingegno e Indipendenza, 2018
exhibition view That’s IT, MAMbo - Bologna.
Photo: Roberto Apa
Lavoretto, 2022
exhibition view, Toast Project Space, Firenze.
Courtesy the artist and Matèria, Roma.
Photo: Leonardo Morfini
Gran copiatore, 2021
exhibition view Narrazioni brevi, LABS Contemporary Art, Bologna.
Courtesy the artist and LABS Contemporary Art, Bologna.
Photo: Carlo Favero
Disrupted Drawings, Bologna 2019.
Acrylic on raw jute, 150x200 cm
Fatterelli, Brocca di Cutrofiano con sguardo a doppio senso, Bari/ Bologna 2020
passepartout with fountain pen ink and rainwater mix, unique gelatin silver print (the negative is subsequently destroyed), red and blue pastel writings, 30x40 cm.
Photo by Carlo Favero
Piramide/Triangolo, Roma-Bologna, 2017
inkjet print mounted on archival acid-free card, painted glass on verso, 113x83.5 cm.
Photo: Roberto Apa
Salta pesce - (cancellature bianche e spray rosso) - Bologna, 2017
acrylic spray, cementite paint on Savil Row screen paper - acid free, monochrome Xerox print, 84x62 cm.
